Trailer coupling

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9393846
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13919359

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The invention relates to a trailer coupling for motor vehicles, comprising a coupling ball carrier which can be mounted on a vehicle body and a coupling ball with a ball body which has a ball surface extending between a ball attachment and an upper end surface of the ball body, with which the ball surface comprises a sensor zone for recognizing a body located close to or on the coupling ball, several detection locations different from one another are located in the sensor zone, a sensor unit arranged stationarily in the ball body beneath the ball surface is associated with each detection location and each sensor unit is designed such that it detects a body present in a close-proximity area above the ball surface at the respective detection location.

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ACPS AUTOMOTIVE GMBHINGERSHEIM

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gentner, Wolfgang Steinheim, DE 31 235
Kadnikov, Aleksej Leonberg, DE 16 50
Rimmelspacher, Bernhard Rheinstetten, DE 20 85

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